hereticate verb trans. [hɪ'rɛtɪkeɪt] E17.
[medieval Latin hereticat- pa. ppl stem of hereticare, from haereticus: see HERETIC, -ATE³.]
1. Pronounce (a person, a doctrine, etc.) to be heretical. E17.

2. Make a heretic of: esp. (derog., now Hist.) denoting the ceremony of deathbed inauguration said to have been practised by the Albigenses. M18.

■ hereti'cation noun M18.

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